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31 Jul 2015 / Australia, Townsville

Changes to port depths

Townsville Regional Harbour Master has advised the Navigational Depths for Townsville Port have changed with immediate effect. The Sea Channel depth is now 11.50m and the Platypus Channel depth is now 10.50m. Any vessels with a draft over 9.20m will result in tidal window calculations. The amended actual depths in metres are as below: - Outer Harbour (Arrival Channel): 6.1 - Outer Harbour (Departure Channel): 9.8* - Sea Channel: 11.5* - Platypus Channel: 10.5* - Harbour: 11.3* - No.1 Berth Pocket: 11.6* - No.2 Berth Pocket: 11.8* - No.3 Berth Pocket: 11.4 - No.4 Berth Pocket: 10.1* - No.7 Berth Pocket: 11.6* - Between No.7 * No.8: 12.6 (seaward of zero mark at No.7) - No.8 Berth Pocket: 13.0* - No.9 Berth Pocket: 10.9* - Between No.9 & No.10: 7.3 (seaward of zero mark at No.10) - No.10 Berth Pocket: 11.2* - No.11 Berth Pocket: 9.8* - Ross River Channel: 2.2 (entrance to beacon No.6) - Ross River: no declared depth upstream of Beacon No.6 - Ross Creek: no declared depth (* Revised entry) For information about operations in Australia, please contact GAC Australia at [email protected]

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